Season three, which will soon begin filming in and around Koh Samui, Phuket and Bangkok, follows a new group of guests at another White Lotus hotel in Thailand.
Over the past decade, Kostov (pictured) has built a career in the UK, performing in English, Spanish (Flack), Italian (Back), Polish (Wild Bill), Russian (Berlin Station, Treadstone) and Romanian (Temple ).
Kostov is known for his recurring role as Fedyor Kaminsky, a Russian-inspired character, in the first season of Netflix's fantasy series Shadow and Bone. He also plays the role of Russian villain Vladimir Makarov in the 2023 video game Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III. On the film front, Kostov was recently seen in the reboot of the superhero comedy-horror film The Toxic Avenger.
The previously announced cast for season three includes Leslie Bibb (Jupiter's Legacy), Carrie Coon (The Gilded Age), Francesca Corney (The Buccaneers), Nicholas Duvernay (Bel-Air), Arnas Fedaravičius (The Last Kingdom), Christian Friedel ( Babylon Berlin), Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gemstones), Dom Hetrakul, Sarah Catherine Hook (First Kill), Jason Isaacs (Star Trek: Discovery), Michelle Monaghan (Echoes), Sam Nivola, Morgana O'Reilly (The Sounds), Leak Patravadi, Shalini Peiris (The Ark), Parker Posey (Lost in Space (2018)), Patrick Schwarzenegger (Gen V), Tayme Thapthimthong (Farang) and Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education) and the returning Natasha Rothwell (Insecure) the first season.
The White Lotus was created, written and directed by White and is produced by White, David Bernad and Mark Kamine. HBO is working with the Tourism Authority of Thailand for the filming and promotion of the third season.
The first season of The White Lotus, set in Hawaii, received twenty Emmy nominations in thirteen categories and won ten awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. The second season, set in Sicily and launching in December 2022, received 23 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, and won five.
